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Animals that Start with A

There are so many amazing animals out there and today I want to share my list of animals that start with A. Some are pretty common and others are more exotic ones that you may or may not have heard of before.

Animals that start with A African elephant

Maybe you need to come up with some sort of show and tell that involves animals or maybe you are playing a game like Scattergories and you need to think of an animal that begins with the letter A. No matter why you need to think of animals that begin with the letter A I have a long list of animals for you to choose from!

Common Animals that Start with A

  1. Antelope
  2. Armadillo
  3. Aardvark
  4. Alligator
  5. Anaconda
  6. Albatross
  7. African Elephant
  8. Asian Elephant
  9. African Lion
  10. American Bison
  11. Alpaca
  12. Axolotl
  13. Australian Shepherd (dog breed)
  14. Angelfish
  15. Aphid
  16. Arctic Fox
  17. American Crow
  18. Australian Cattle Dog
  19. African Wild Dog
  20. Andalusian Horse
  21. Arabian Horse
  22. Akita (dog breed)
  23. American Bulldog
  24. Arctic Hare
  25. Ant (yes, ants are animals!)

More Exotic Animals that Start with A

  1. Abyssinian Cat
  2. African Grey Parrot
  3. Auk
  4. Asian Small-Clawed Otter
  5. Aye-Aye
  6. African Penguin
  7. Australorp (chicken breed)
  8. Amur Leopard
  9. American Tree Sparrow
  10. Aplomado Falcon
  11. Asian Water Buffalo
  12. Amazon River Dolphin
  13. African Ground Hornbill
  14. Asian Palm Civet
  15. Arctic Tern
  16. Atlas Moth
  17. African Hornbill
  18. American Goldfinch
  19. Andean Condor
  20. Asian Tiger Mosquito
  21. Argentine Black and White Tegu
  22. Azure Damselfly
  23. Atlantic Goliath Grouper
  24. Arctic Char

I hope that this list was able to help you out with whatever animal list needs you might have!

My favorite animal of these is probably the alpaca. We have alpacas at our local zoo and they are always fun to see. I also like the African elephants that we have at the bigger zoo near me. Do you have a favorite animal from this list? Let me know in the comments below!

More Fun with the Letter A

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